Drilling Report

Total S.A.
06 November 2006

          UK North Sea: Total announces two promising discoveries
                            in the Alwyn area


Paris, 6 November, 2006 - Total is pleased to announce that its wholly owned
subsidiary, Total E&P UK PLC, has made two significant oil and gas discoveries 
in the Alwyn Area.

The Alwyn Area is located in the UK sector of the North Sea, 160 kilometres east 
of Shetland Islands and 440 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen. Production from 
the Alwyn Area includes the Alwyn North, Dunbar, Grant, Ellon, Nuggets, and 
Forvie North fields which are all 100% owned and operated by Total.

The Jura West 3/15-10 well was drilled 10 kilometres east of the Dunbar field. 
The well intersected over 300 metres of good quality Middle Jurassic, Brent 
reservoir, all of which has been found to be gas-bearing.

Jura West is expected to start production in 2008, via a 3 kilometre tie-back to 
the Forvie North subsea manifold which is linked to the Alwyn North NAB process 
platform. A second development well and a near-by exploration well are already 
planned.

This discovery comes a few weeks after another exploration well drilled from the 
Alwyn North NAA platform (3/9a-N50) encountered 85 metres of gas condensate 
bearing sands in the Statfjord Formation and 60 metres of oil bearing sands in 
the overlying Brent Formation.

Through these successes, Total will extend the production plateau of its Alwyn 
core area well beyond 2010. They illustrate Total's commitment to continue 
exploration of the UK continental shelf. By developing newly discovered 
accumulations using the infrastructure of long established fields, the Group 
participates in the further development of the North Sea oil and gas potential.


Total E&P UK

Total E&P UK PLC is one of the leading oil and gas producers on the UK 
Continental Shelf with 345,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from operated 
assets in 2005. Based in Aberdeen, the company owns and operates a cluster of 
fields in the Alwyn Area of the northern North Sea, the Elgin and Franklin 
Fields in the Central North Sea and the Otter Field northeast of Shetland. It is 
also currently developing the West Franklin Field in the Central North Sea. The 
Company also operates the St Fergus Gas Terminal and pipelines and has interests 
in a number of non-operated fields.



Total is one of the world's major oil and gas groups, with activities in more 
than 130 countries. Its 95,000 employees put their expertise to work in every 
part of the Industry - exploration and production of oil and natural gas, 
refining and marketing, gas trading and electricity. Total is working to keep 
the world supplied with energy, both today and tomorrow. The Group is also a 
first rank player in chemicals, www.total.com




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